Works of the Late Doctor Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of His Life, Written by Himself, Together with Essays, Humorous, Moral & Literary, Chiefly in the Manner of The SpectatorP. Wogan, P. Byrne, J. Moore, and W. Jones, 1793 - 303 Seiten |
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... fince he fent over the copy , which I have read , he has been able to make no addi- tions to it . It is with a melancholy regret I think of his death ; but to death we are all bound by the irrever- fible order of nature , and in looking ...
... fince he fent over the copy , which I have read , he has been able to make no addi- tions to it . It is with a melancholy regret I think of his death ; but to death we are all bound by the irrever- fible order of nature , and in looking ...
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... fince a repe- tition of life cannot take place , there is nothing which , in my opinion , fo nearly refembles it , as to call to mind all its circumftances , and , to ren- der their remembrance more durable , commit them to writing . By ...
... fince a repe- tition of life cannot take place , there is nothing which , in my opinion , fo nearly refembles it , as to call to mind all its circumftances , and , to ren- der their remembrance more durable , commit them to writing . By ...
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... fince the inftitution of furnames , when they took the appellation of Franklin , B 2 Franklin , which had formerly been the name of a DR . FRANKLIN . 3 of the world furnish no parallel to it One of the nours of our departed friend is ...
... fince the inftitution of furnames , when they took the appellation of Franklin , B 2 Franklin , which had formerly been the name of a DR . FRANKLIN . 3 of the world furnish no parallel to it One of the nours of our departed friend is ...
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... fince , in confequence of these visits , derived no fmall pleasure from feeing skilful workmen handle their tools ; and it has proved of confiderable benefit , to have acquired thereby sufficient know- ledge to be able to make little ...
... fince , in confequence of these visits , derived no fmall pleasure from feeing skilful workmen handle their tools ; and it has proved of confiderable benefit , to have acquired thereby sufficient know- ledge to be able to make little ...
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... fince influ- enced fome of the principal events of my life . My inclination for books at laft determined my father to make me a printer , though he had already a fon in that profeffion . My brother had returned from England in 1717 ...
... fince influ- enced fome of the principal events of my life . My inclination for books at laft determined my father to make me a printer , though he had already a fon in that profeffion . My brother had returned from England in 1717 ...
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